Getting The Right Price
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When the time comes to sell your franchise, how do you get the right price for it? Grant Garraway helps you draw up a plan
Entries open for 2023 Franchise Awards
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4 May - Entry has now opened for the 28th Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards
Why I Wish I'd Bought A Franchise
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Simon Lord shares lessons learned from over 30 years of owning an independent small business
Survey review: new franchises require care
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SEP 2019 - A large number of new franchises have launched on to the New Zealand market over the last five years. Simon Lord suggests some things to...
A BUYER'S GUIDE TO FRANCHISES
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September 2025 - If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business, there are hundreds of different opportunities in New Zealand. Here’s a guide t...
Franchisee ‘perhaps NZ’s worst employer?’
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August 2020 - A recent news story about a Bottle-O franchisee has again demonstrated the risk to franchise brands of franchisees breaching their em...
New electricity tool for businesses
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Paid break settlement offers lessons for NZ franchises
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An AU$29 million payout for up to 90,000 current and former KFC workers sets a precedent for other franchises in Australia. New Zealand operates un...
Free webinar: Protecting your brand from media threats
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August 2018 – A recent news story about a franchisee who posted some ill-advised adverts on Facebook and the media storm that followed illustrates ...
Fully Promoted
Opportunity
Fully Promoted leads New Zealand’s uniform and promotional products sector, supplying branded solutions to business clients nationwide. Suits owner...
What do franchise buyers really want?
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With lessons for buyers and sellers alike, the 2024 New Zealand Prospective Franchisee Research survey is the second in a series conducted by Franc...
Super Liquor welcomes record $200,000 fine for former franchisees
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22 October 2019 – An Employment Court ruling which has seen two former franchisees fined for serious employment law breaches has been applauded by ...
How are franchisees coping?
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How have franchisees responded to the latest Level 4 and Level 3 restrictions? Estelle Logan of V.I.P. Home Services checked in to find out
Survey of Franchising happening now – can you help?
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20 October 2021 – The first Survey of Franchising since 2017 is happening right now, with franchisors across the country being asked to help create...
PRIVACY PRINCIPLE
Advisor Profile
Katrina Hammon of Wynn Williams explains what franchises need to know about new privacy law changes
2021 Franchise Awards open for entry
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May 2021 – After a year off, the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards are back for 2021 in a new format which makes entry easier and more attractiv...
Consultation on reduction of card payment fees
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Commerce Commission sees potential for over $250m reduction in payment fees for New Zealanders.
Nexia New Zealand
Advisor
Nexia New Zealand are franchise accounting and business advisory experts with broad experience in all aspects of franchising. If you own a franchis...
Rent negotiation bill stalled again
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25 June 2020 – Franchisees could lose their businesses and staff their jobs after long-awaited rent relief legislation delayed again
THINK BIG!
owning multi-unit and multi brand franchises
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Franchising isn’t all about owner/operators and small business. In this 2015 article, Simon Lord talked to some of the franchisees taking the oppor...
BurgerFuel and top chef launch new gourmet product
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2 June 2020 - BurgerFuel has joined forces with Al Brown & Co. to create a limited edition burger with some New York deli flavour
This Tuesday – franchise event in Wellington
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Franchisors, franchisees, and anyone interested in learning more about franchising are all welcome to a franchise networking event being run in Wel...
Franchise Lending Summit for Auckland
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March 2024 – The first Franchise Lending Summit in New Zealand is taking place in Auckland on Thursday 14 March
Georgie Pie - BACK ON THE MENU
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From the archives June 2013 - McDonald’s are looking to dominate a new market by bringing back one of NZ’s best-loved brands. Simon Lord takes a de...
give your franchise A HEAD START
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How can you best prepare for running your own business? Lorraine Lord takes some advice
Franchise Awards 2007 - Full Results
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It was all change at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards this year as Carpet One and Fonterra Brands (Anchor) came through to take the Supreme...
Do some business owners earn less than minimum wage?
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Do recent IRD statistics on 'self-employment' income levels tell the whole story?
Invitation to Australasian Franchisor Executive Forum
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1 September 2022 - Senior New Zealand franchisors are being invited to attend the Franchisor Executive Forum In Melbourne, Australia, on 27 September.
Former CEO of McDonald's NZ dies
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24 May 2024 – Franchise New Zealand is very sorry to learn of the death of Al Dunn, the former CEO of McDonald's from 1993-2004.
HOW THE GOLDEN ARCHES CONQUERED THE WORLD
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Featuring photographs and research acquired through field work in over 50 countries, Gary He's new book shows how franchises like McDonald's must a...